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by
JANE AUSTEN
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CHARACTERS
the memory.) But did you never see him? He has passed
you very often.
E~. A young fanner is the very last sort of person to
raise my curiosity. A degree or two lower might interest
me; I might hope to be useful to the family in some way.
But a fanner can need none of my help; he is as much
above my notice as he is below it. What do you imagine
his age to be?
HARRIET. He was four-and-twenty the eighth of last June.
E~. That is too young to settle. Six years from now, if
he could meet with a good sort of young woman in the
same rank. as his own-
HARRIET. Six years! Dear Miss Woodhouse, he would be
thirty years old!
E~. That is as early as most men can afford to marry,
who are not born to an independence.
HARRIET. But they live very comfortably-
E~. I have no doubt that he will thrive, Harriet, but it
does not follow that he might marry anybody fit for you
to notice. The misfortune of your birth ought to make
you particularly careful. There can be no doubt of your
being a gentleman's daughter, and you must support
your claim to that station by everything within your
power. I want to see you permanently well connected.
MR. ELTON. Dh, no, not in the least too tall. Consider,
she is sitting down, and the proportions must be pre
served, you know.
MR. WOODHOUSE. It is very pretty, my dear. The only
thing I do not like is that she seems to be sitting out of
doors~ and it makes one think she must catch cold.
EMMA (affectionately). But, my dear Papa, it is supposed
to be a warm day in summer. Look at the tree.
MR. WOODHOUSE. It is never safe to sit out of doors.